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Inverness road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 2,766 road traffic collisions in Inverness, Highland, from 1979 to 2025, and 3,252 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 33 were fatal and 683 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 16 collisions, up from 15 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
2,766
354th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
3,252
1.18 per collision
Fatal collisions
33
35 people killed
Serious collisions
683
731 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
16
15 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
16
16 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Inverness

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal331.2%
  • Serious68325%
  • Slight2,05074%

What the data shows

  • Inverness had 179 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 62% fewer than the 474 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 26% of collisions in Inverness were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 561 children under 16 were killed or injured in Inverness, 17% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 35% of collisions in Inverness.

Where Inverness ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
354th
Most casualties
378th
Most fatal collisions
310th
Most serious collisions
258th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday363 (13%)
  • Tuesday406 (15%)
  • Wednesday365 (13%)
  • Thursday448 (16%)
  • Friday484 (17%)
  • Saturday418 (15%)
  • Sunday282 (10%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight1,933 (70%)
  • Dark, street lights lit731 (26%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit40 (1.4%)
  • Dark, no street lighting37 (1.3%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown25 (0.9%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway1,966 (71%)
  • Dual carriageway338 (12%)
  • One way street or slip road264 (9.5%)
  • Roundabout140 (5.1%)
  • Not recorded58 (2.1%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 10 mph3 (0.1%)
  • 15 mph1 (under 0.1%)
  • 20 mph71 (2.6%)
  • 30 mph2,440 (88%)
  • 40 mph159 (5.7%)
  • 50 mph7 (0.3%)
  • 60 mph53 (1.9%)
  • 70 mph31 (1.1%)
  • Not recorded1 (under 0.1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds2,129 (77%)
  • Raining, no high winds401 (14%)
  • Raining with high winds31 (1.1%)
  • Fine with high winds30 (1.1%)
  • Snowing, no high winds26 (0.9%)
  • Fog or mist9 (0.3%)
  • Snowing with high winds3 (0.1%)
  • Other105 (3.8%)
  • Not recorded32 (1.2%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant1,145 (35%)
  • Pedestrian988 (30%)
  • Cyclist545 (17%)
  • Motorcyclist441 (14%)
  • Van occupant45 (1.4%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant28 (0.9%)
  • Bus or coach occupant25 (0.8%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)15 (0.5%)
  • Other vehicle occupant10 (0.3%)
  • Minibus occupant6 (0.2%)
  • Other4 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Inverness road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Inverness, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Inverness peaked at 119 in 1982; 2025 had 16.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 16
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20251616
20241516
20231622
202266
202158
20201818
20192627
20182528
20172526
20162729
20152835
20145258
20134751
20124859
20115265
20103648
20094863
20084756
20075863
20065864
20055063
20046167
20036775
20025466
20015259
20005461
19996678
199883105
19976780
19966383
19957896
19946071
19937077
19927586
19916674
199086106
198983100
1988102118
198788110
1986106115
1985103125
1984103124
19837284
1982119135
1981103119
198092105
197990112

Map of recent crashes in Inverness

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Inverness

Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.

  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Inverness

The 24 most recent collisions in Inverness happened between 10 May 2024 and 21 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Inverness

The A82 has the most collisions in Inverness, 360 of 2,766 (13%), followed by the B861 (141).

Collisions in Inverness on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA82360411484
2ndB861141178232
3rdA9115144236
4thA862111136123
5thB86586116124
6thB90066984115
7thB91615967019
8thB8625163214
9thB8534958117
10thB91463537012
11thA96253216
12thB8082233003
13thA836602

Council area for Inverness

Inverness is in Highland, where police recorded 28,651 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Inverness accounts for 9.7% of them.

Postcode districts in Inverness

Collisions in Inverness were recorded in 4 postcode districts, led by IV2 (1,198) and IV3 (831).